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Titterud Park
<br /> Titterud is a neighborhood park in central Ramsey along CSAH 56 /Ramsey Boulevard,just south
<br /> of the intersection of CSAH 5 /Nowthen Boulevard. There is a single softball field at the park, and
<br /> the playground was replaced in 2005, and located entirely within the pastoral Bur Oak stand. The
<br /> playground uses engineered wood fiber for surfacing,with two separate boulder borders. One unique
<br /> element is the porous ADA concrete sidewalk connecting the parking lot,which allows precipitation
<br /> and air to reach the tree's rooting zone beneath.
<br /> There are three areas for playing one with the main play set, one with a swing set and two pieces
<br /> of equipment for bouncing, and an empty sandbox (with pea gravel for surfacing). The bouncing
<br /> equipment is in good condition. One consists of a spiral pole with a singular platform from bouncing
<br /> and the other is in the shape of a ring, allowing for two children to take turns jumping and launching
<br /> the other upward.
<br /> The swing set is made of wooden posts and a metal crossbar, and has two belt swings.
<br /> The main structure is largely wooden, but with metal guardrails and a single plastic slide with three
<br /> parallel tracks and a plastic tunnel. The main means of entry is a transfer platform and staircase.
<br /> Another entrance is via a gray plastic rock climbing wall attached to a series of twelve green arched
<br /> climbing platforms arranged in circular patterns. Adjacent to this is a rope climbing ladder with four
<br /> parallel ropes at the top for handholds. On the opposite end of the playground structure is another
<br /> means of entry—a ladder consisting of seven rungs and another ladder connected at a 13 5-degree
<br /> angle with four rungs. The fifth and sixth means of entry are a narrow ladder with a rope for
<br /> balancing, and a corkscrew climber. One of the boards on the transfer surface was recently replaced,
<br /> with the structure in overall in good condition.
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